Nati Graz, a 50 year old haredi man from Ramat Sholom Jerusalem was sentenced on Sunday to 5.5 years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl whom he drove daily to school. Graz also received 2-years probation and was ordered to pay 20,000 NIS restitution.

Graz carefully groomed the girl over a an extended period of time, buying her gifts and acting as a father-figure to the victim. In their ruling, the three judge panel noted that the nature of the abuse left the victim with severe trauma.

A full report is available in Hebrew here.

If you have a photo of Nati Graz (נתי גרז) please email it to JCW – [email protected]